Electrical Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Electrical Design Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Electrical Design Engineer daily rate in the East Midlands is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Electrical Design Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 - £345
% change year-on-year - - -21.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 1,183 758 729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.67% 91.00% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 514 437
10th Percentile £261 £200 £250
25th Percentile £402 £340 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £415 £443
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% -6.32% -9.41%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £530
90th Percentile £675 £626 £608
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 71 42
10th Percentile £12.76 £16.17 £11.92
25th Percentile £13.81 £17.87 £15.10
Median hourly rate £18.31 £21.25 £24.09
Median % change year-on-year -13.84% -11.79% +32.64%
75th Percentile £26.27 £25.15 £50.00
90th Percentile £47.40 - £54.69
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% -4.32%

Electrical Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Electrical Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Electrical Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Electrical Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Electrical Design Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Electrical Design Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Electrical Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electrical Design Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire - 2 £475 - 3
Electrical Design Engineer
England

Electrical Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 October 2026, Electrical Design Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Electrical Design Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Feasibility Study
1 2 (100.00%) OLE

Electrical Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) OLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Feasibility Study